MAHARASHTRA
Deaths Reported So Far: 8
At Sangli, a family of four who was on a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, returned to the Mumbai airport on March 13 and was advised home quarantine. However, the group mingled with their relatives who came to visit them.
The four began exhibiting symptoms on March 19 and were tested positive. Following this, their relatives were tested and till date, 23 people have tested positive. The district is under a three-day lockdown beginning Saturday as 337 people are believed to have come in contact with this family.
Philippines Case
A 68-year old preacher from Philipines, who was part of a 10-member religious group was first found positive and died of complications on March 23. He has infected one member of his group and two members of the immediate family of this member, and their maid. Wedding Ceremony The other case that pertains to Dombivili is of a 26-year old who came from Turkey on March 15. He was asked to be on home quarantine but participated in his cousin brother’s wedding celebrations where hundreds attended.
GUJARAT
Deaths Reported So Far: 5
Of the 62 positive cases in Gujarat, around 30 contracted the virus locally, raising concerns of local spread. Gujarat principal secretary Jayanti Ravi told ET that the possibility of community transmission in certain areas cannot be ruled out. “It may have started sporadically in some clusters going by the instances that are surfacing,” Ravi said.
Citing an example of the man who died in Ahmedabad on Sunday morning, Ravi said while the deceased is from Gomtipur area, so far the source of his transmission could not be established.
Youth From Dubai Infected In Gandhinagar, a youth who returned from Dubai was tested positive. Soon after, his family of six also contracted the infection. It has spread to a couple of more people. Contact tracing was carried out. So far, nine people have been detected with the virus. “We wouldn’t exactly say that community spread has started, but yes, local transmission is happening quite a bit,” said a senior bureaucrat.
KARNATAKA
Deaths Reported So Far: 3
‘Cluster Case’ A 35-year-old man from Mysuru without a travel history and known contact history was diagnosed with the virus last week.
The man, who worked in the quality assurance department of a pharmaceutical company in Nanjangud, had come in contact with many healthcare workers.
Although the official figures on the number of primary contacts are not out yet, five of his colleagues were tested positive on Sunday. The government has declared Nanjangud as a ‘cluster case’ ––the first in Karnataka. Kalaburgi-a Ticking Bomb Soon after a 76-year-old cleric from Kalaburgi died after he was tested positive, state health officials said the town was a “ticking time bomb”.
Several hundreds of people had come to his home after he returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca. According to an initial estimate, he had met at least 400 people. Around 1,200 people have been put under under “high risk” category. Kalaburgi has confirmed two positive cases. One is the daughter of the cleric and another is the general physician who treated the patient.
KERALA
Deaths Reported So Far: 1
Infected Person in Contact with Over 3k People A 50-year old former auto driver, came from the Gulf to Kozhikode international airport on March 11and had high fever. He stayed at a lodge in Kozhikode, visited many shops. The next day, he travelled by train to his native place of Kasargod district. There, he visited many friends, attended a child’s naming ceremony, football event, and a wedding. He even shook hands with two Kasargod MLAs. He is suspected to have donated blood in Mangaluru in Karnataka. Authorities feel he must have come in contact with about 3,000 people. Police have registered a case against him.
UTTAR PRADESH
Deaths reported: Nil
MD Tests Positive More than 20 people from a company in Noida were found positive after the MD of the company hid his travel history princifrom UK. An FIR was registered on Saturday against the MD. “Our focus is on Gautambuddh Nagar where many workers working in a factory were found positive. Their families and others have been quarantined,” Amit Mohan Prasad, health secretary, UP said.
Infections in Meerut In Meerut, a person who came from Amravati tested positive. Four of his family members have also been found infected on Sunday. “So, we are carrying out the containment exercise and scanning all houses within a 3 km radius. After the exercise, 50 people have been identified as suspects –– 18 have been kept in medical colleges and 32 have been kept in quarantine facilities, said Prasad.
TELANGANA
Deaths reported so Far: 1
Indonesian Team A team of religious clerics from Indonesia had participated in prayers at several religious places in Telangana. Seven out of a team of 10 Indonesian clerics were tested positive. Karimnagar town has been locked down to track all those who came in contact. Doctor Couple Positive The surveillance teams of Telangana are in the process of locating all doctors and patients who came in contact with a doctor couple working in a private hospital in Hyderabad who tested positive. The male doctor had, on March 17, taken a flight to Tirupati to meet some doctors at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences and flew back. Those who travelled in those flights are also being tracked.
ANDHRA
Deaths Reported so far: Nil
Efforts are on to track those who came in contact with a local businessman who tested positive. “The surveillance teams have located and isolated hundreds who came in contact at a party with a local businessman who was tested positive for Covid-19,” a government official associated with the chief minister’s office told ET. “As this local businessman came in contact with his brother-in-law and local MLA and few other public representatives, all of them went in for home isolation.”
